PEACE ON EARTH IS UNAMERICAN

From the AP via the Houston Chronicle:

Neighbors incensed by peace-sign wreath

DENVER — A subdivision has withdrawn its threat of $25 daily fines against a homeowner who put a Christmas wreath shaped like a peace sign on the front of her home.

Homeowner Lisa Jensen told The Associated Press Monday that the board of directors of the Loma Linda Homeowners Association had apologized, called the incident a misunderstanding and had withdrawn its request for the wreath's removal.

Jensen was ordered to take the wreath down when some residents in her 200-home subdivision saw it as a protest of the Iraq war. Bob Kearns, president of the board, also said some saw it as a symbol of Satan.

The homeowners' association demanded Jensen remove the wreath from her house, saying it doesn't allow flags or signs that are considered divisive.

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A symbol of Satan?

Christ, that's just so untrue. The symbol was originally designed in the 1950s for the nuclear disarmament movement; it is a stylized combination of the semaphore letters "N" and "D" for, obviously, "Nuclear Disarmament." By the 60s it was picked up by the anti-war movement and the rest is history. But I have heard, years ago, the "Satanic" rationale: some evangelical idiot decided that it is actually an upside down and broken Christian cross, and therefore a symbol of Satan, which says more about how fucking stupid fundamentalists are than anything else.

Anyway, it is amazing indeed that, even at Christmas, which is traditionally considered to be, among other things, a call for "peace on Earth, and goodwill toward men," the humble peace symbol can be considered "divisive." I think 9/11 drove a large fraction of the population bat-shit crazy and they may never recover--I mean, certainly a majority of Americans freaked out after the twin towers were hit, but most have by now regained their senses; these anti-peace people, however, clearly have suffered some sort of irreparable brain damage. They're just not normal people anymore.

Fucking A! It's fucking Christmas! Can't these fucktards give lip service to "peace on Earth"? Well, at least they get to keep their wreath up without penalty. I've learned these past few years to be thankful for the small things. That's what keeps me going...


RANDI PIERCE: AP

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